The next day…
That Monday, Erin, Alyssa and T decided to pay another visit to the school library. Alyssa was sitting at a table, looking through the book, trying to find some way to counteract the spell. T was helping Erin look for a book. Erin picked up a book off the shelf.
"Nope." She said, and put it back. She picked up another book.
"No again." She said, and put it back. Meanwhile, T was looking for a book too…just, not the same way Erin was. T took a book off the shelf.
"No." she said, then tossed it over her shoulder. She took another book from the shelf.
"Huh-uh." She said, then tossed that book over her shoulder as well.
"Find anything in there that says how ta undo that completely brain-dead curse yet?" T asked Alyssa as she contined to toss books over her shoulders that didn't look helpful.
"Not yet." Alyssa replied, looking hard at the book.
"Why exactly are we looking for a book again?" Erin said.
"How should I know? It was her idea." T replied, pointing her thumb at Alyssa at the last sentence.
"Alyssa?" Erin asked.
"Well, while I'm looking for some way to cancel out the curse, you two try to find a book that might be able to help us. Ya see my plan is that if we found a book that turns people into animals, maybe we can find another book that turns animals into people."
"I don't care as long as it can turn hyenas back into hyenas." T said. Erin was quiet for a minute.
"So, Ed's not human?" Erin asked quietly. T sighed and rolled her eyes.
"Yes Erin, Ed's not human." she replied. Then the three girls went back to searching. After a while, T sighed to herself.
"Speakin' of Ed, I wonder what the guys are doin' right now."
Meanwhile…
Due to their very effective work, Shenzi and Nala got the day off. And with T gone, Shenzi decided to spend it with her friend and…boyfriend? She hadn't decided yet; too many mixed feelings. Shenzi and Banzai were seated next to each other on the couch, boredly watching Ed chasing and snapping at an airborne fly.
"So, even though I'm gonna regret askin', whatta you boys do when I'm not here?" Shenzi said.
"Watch this." Banzai said. Then opened a drawer in the nightstand next to the couch, and pulled out a flashlight. Then Banzai turned off the lights. The only thing clearly seen in the room was their bright yellow eyes.
"What're you-?" Shenzi started to say.
"Hey Ed." Banzai said. Ed turned around to his two friends. Then without speaking another word Banzai clicked on the flashlight and the beam glowed against the wall.
The instant Ed saw it he immediately chased after the flash, speedily gliding across the room. Then suddenly, it disappeared. Ed looked around with a very puzzled expression. Then, out of nowhere, the light appeared again. And Ed began chasing after it once more.
"Hey, lemme see that." Shenzi said, making grab for the flashlight. Banzai pulled it out of her reach.
"I'm the one who came up with it." he said.
"So? This is my free day." Shenzi said. She continued making grabs for the flashlight and Banzai continued pulling it out of her reach. Unknown to the two, this caused the flashlight's beam to end up on the ceiling. Ed jumped up repeatedly in the air in some desperate attempts to get to it.
"Gimme it!" Shenzi said.
"Come an' get it." Banzai said, teasing her by waving the flashlight while it was still out of her reach.
"Y'know you may be the oldest, but I'm the only one who's mature around here!" Shenzi said.
"You're 22! You're the same age as Ed!" Banzai said. (A/N Now all the ages of the four hyenas are known! But in case you aren't aware of this, in hyena years, T is 19, Shenzi and Ed are both 22, and Banzai is 23)
Unaware to either Shenzi or Banzai, Shenzi had climbed onto Banzai while trying to reach for the remote. Then the two saw the position they were in. If it weren't for their fur their cheeks would've been redder than Timon's hair.
Shenzi slowly climbed off of Banzai while he looked over to see if Ed had saw them. But then he saw Ed was only exhausted from trying to reach the beam that was still on the ceiling. Banzai sat up, but then a hand lightly gripping his shoulder caused his head to turn around.
"Now can I see it?" Shenzi said. Banzai rubbed the back of his head embarrasedly as he handed her the flashlight. Shenzi took it from him, and shined it on the wall, enough to be in Ed's reach.
Ed saw it and gave a mischevious laugh as he crept over to the glow reflecting on the wall. He slammed his hand to it, but a surprised look appeared on his face when he saw the light on top of his hand. He got an annoyed look on his face then tried to grab onto the light again, but all he grabbed was his own hand.
This went on for a few minutes until Shenzi decided to spare Ed the torchure and clicked the flashlight off. Ed gave a puzzled look after the beam of light disappeared. But then he just gave an exhausted sigh and staggered up to his room.
"Guess I'll go turn on the lights now." Banzai said as he started to get up from the couch. Not sure if it was mixed feelings or something else, Shenzi put a light grip on his arm.
"Let's leave 'em off for now." Shenzi said. Banzai looked at her confusedly, then a very pleased grin spread on his face when he realized what she meant.
He sat back down and held her to him tightly. She laid her head on his chest and did the same.
Nala was spending the day with Simba. They were enjoying a nice day at the park together. Nala did enjoy the lovely green grass, the glittering blue sky, and the sparkling water of the lake near the park's entrance.
But she couldn't help but keep debating in her head on whether or not to tell Shenzi, Banzai or Ed about the book. She sat on a blanket with Simba as the two ate lunch under the shade of a tree. Nala saw a couple of people on bicycles drive by.
"Worrying about T?" came Simba's voice. He was laying down on the blanket, Nala was sitting up, both were beside each other.
"Hmmm?" she said as she turned her head in his direction.
"Are you worrying about T?" Simba said again.
"Worried, no. Bothered, maybe." Nala replied.
"Relax, we'll get through this. And if it makes ya feel better, I've been worried about Timon and Pumbaa ever since this happened." Simba said. Nala smiled at him.
"I wonder what they're doing right now." Nala said.
At Priderock…
"This search's gone on for days," Timon heard a female hyena remark.
"Maybe they're gone for good." a male hyena said.
"In that case, who's gonna take over?" a lioness said.
Timon couldn't believe what he was hearing. These guys called themselves loyal?
"They're about as loyal to their leaders as Billygoat Clinton was to his mate Hilary Hippo!" He thought. (A/N No offense to any Clinton supporters!) Then Timon saw Pumbaa walk up.
"Can you believe those guys? Their leaders're only gone for…almost two weeks, and they already start to give up?!" Timon said.
"Timon…" Pumbaa began sadly. Timon confusedly looked at his friend.
"Nobody knows where Simba is. We asked all over the pridelands, and even further." Pumbaa continued.
"I don't think we're gonna find 'im or the others anywhere near here." Pumbaa finished with a misty look in his eyes.
"Where else could they be?" Timon said quietly.
"T, where did you used to live before you came to the United States?" Erin asked.
"Well, since you guys already know I'm not human, I guess it couldn't do much damage to tell ya me and everybody are from Kenya. …Then again, I'm native to South Africa but…" T trailed off.
"That's a long way away from here." Alyssa said.
"Yeah how'd you get all the way to this place?" Erin asked.
"Answer me that, and you've possibly figured out my whole sub-human existance." T answered.
"What was your clan like?" Alyssa asked her.
"Whaddya mean?" T said, cocking an eyebrow at the human female.
"Oh y'know, big, small, powerful." Alyssa replied.
"Well it's definitely big, and don't even get me started on powerful. When they heard what humans did to my clan, you didn't know the meaning of aggressive until you saw their faces." T said. Alyssa looked interested, Erin looked a little scared.
"Yeah. We're kinda like one big carnivorous canine family." T said. Erin and Alyssa were quiet for a minute.
"T, you do realize if we do find some way to change you back, we might never see you again. There are a lot of things tearing us apart." Alyssa said. Erin nodded.
"Communication problems." Erin said.
"Visitation conflicts." Alyssa said.
"Or the fact that we live on two different continents." Erin said.
"Well, maybe one day, if somehow by a total freak coincidence, you guys do get ta Kenya, I'll tell my clan ta lay off." T said.
" 'Course they'll all probably think I've gone completely out of my mind." She thought to herself. Erin and Alyssa smiled at her, T allowed a small, almost unseeable, smile to come across her face.
But suddenly, T let out a huge sneeze.
"Ah-choo!" After a pause, T sneezed again.
"Ahhhh-choo!"
"Are you alright?" Erin and Alyssa asked. T sniffed.
"I think so." She replied, in a stuffy voice. Erin and Alyssa shrugged at each other.
A few days later…
"Ah-choo!"
"Geuzontite." Nala said. (A/N Sorry, I don't know how to spell that)
"Thanks." Shenzi said sarcastically, she sounded a little ill. She sniffed and went back to folding clothes.
"Maybe you should take the day off. I can cover for both of us." Nala said.
"Hey, I took a day off four days ago, and even though it ended… ok, I don't need another one. And I ain't sick, it's just dusty in here." Shenzi replied.
"I helped clean up after closing yesterday. And even though we're in a breeding ground for humans, there's not a speck of dirt or dust to be found." Nala said.
"Look I ain't sick and I ain't takin' the day off! N' that's that!" Shenzi said.
"Alright." Nala said shrugging, then went back to help Shenzi folding clothes. But then Nala flinched away went Shenzi let out another sneeze.
"AH-CHOO!"
"Uhg." Shenzi miserably walked out of her car, clicked the keys to put the alarm on, and staggered up the porch steps. She unlocked the door, and stepped inside the house.
"I'm home." Shenzi said as she staggered in as she took off her coat. She heard Ed sneezing.
"Close the door Shenzi, it's freezing." came T's voice. Shenzi found that peculiar, as the temperature was in the late 70's. Shenzi closed the door behind her.
She walked into the living room to find her three friends in not exactly perfect condition. Banzai, Ed and T were shivering to death under a dozen blankets and their noses were all red. All three of them were on the couch, T to the right, Banzai in the middle and Ed on the left.
"You guys too huh?" Shenzi said.
"Yep." Banzai and T replied. Ed nodded, then sneezed again.
"What the heck happened to us?" Shenzi said as she rubbed her forehead miserably.
"I think some kid at school coughed on me." T said.
"Stupid teenager." Banzai annoyedly remarked, then sneezed.
"That sick little brat should have detention for life." Shenzi said as she sat beside T, who sneezed again.
"I've never had a human disease before." T said, then sniffed.
"Whaddya think we all got?" she finished.
"How should we know? You're the expert on humans around here." Shenzi and Banzai replied.
"Maybe somebody should drive someplace, to get some medicine." Ed said in gibberish, then hacked a few times, getting some of his saliva on the three hyenas beside him.
"Say it, don't spray it." Banzai said annoyedly as the three wiped their faces off.
"He has a point though." T admitted.
"Yeah." Shenzi said. The three looked at each other for a minute, then got determined looks on their faces, and started making excuses.
"I have a cold." Shenzi said.
"Yeah well I got a fever." Banzai said.
"And I'll look too young to drive, OR buy cold medicine." T said.
"You're the only one who ever drives anyway, you go." Banzai said to Shenzi.
"I been workin' all day. Whadda you two done?" Shenzi said. Banzai looked annoyed, then just smirked.
"Alright, fine. I'm sure Ed would LOVE ta learn how ta drive anyway." he said. Shenzi's eyes widened. Then she just looked annoyedly at Banzai and got up to get her coat. But then T got up (very difficulty), and followed her.
"Wait." she started to say before Shenzi left, then coughed.
"I got an idea." she said, then coughed again. T walked over to their phone, and picked up the reciever. Shenzi suddenly realized what T was about to do and quickly ran over to stop her.
"No!" she said hoarsely as she slammed the reciver back down.
"The last thing we need, is help from those overgrown housecats." Shenzi said. T coughed a couple of times.
"Well what other choices do we have?" she said. Then she saw Banzai and Ed stagger out of the living room, and grip onto the doorway for support.
"I don't need, no stinkin' help, from any stinkin' lions." Banzai said. Ed nodded. T sighed annoyedly.
"I'll be up in my room." she said, then tried to walk up the stairs. But she tripped after the first step, she didn't bother to get up.
"Wow you really seem to have a temperature." Nala said as she looked at a thermometer she took out of T's mouth. She put the thermometer back in.
"I'll go get another blanket from upstairs. Be back in a few minutes." She said, then walked to the stairway.
"Don't touch anythang in my room!" Shenzi yelled after her.
"I wouldn't dream of it." Nala said under her breath. Meanwhile, Simba was cooking some kind of soup in the kitchen. He looked over and saw Nala walking down the stairs with a few blankets in her hands. A few minutes later, she walked into the kitchen.
"How's T holding up? By the sound of it those three are barely surviving." Simba said.
"We heard that!" came two voices from the living room. The two lions meerly laughed a bit. Nala looked over to see Simba stirring something in a pot.
"There aren't bugs in there, are there?" Nala said.
"No." Simba answered.
"Unless…you think that might help." He added.
"DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT!!" came two (and a half) voices from the living room. The two lions merely laughed again.
Sounds like everybody just discovered human diseases. Man, those can be a pain can't they? Review!